Highlight Leisure Centre · UK public procurement notice

The Contracting Entity is seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to work with in order to deliver the construction of Highlight Leisure Centre (the Works).

The Works will be procured on a Traditional basis utilising the JCT Standard Building Contract 2016 Edition with Quantities (SBC/Q) with Special Conditions, of which further information will be provided within the procurement documentation.

The Contractor will be responsible for the design of a number of components including the piled foundations.

The first stage of the procurement will consist of the following:

• Standard Qualification Instruction to Suppliers (SQIS) document;
• Annexure A - Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ)

The SSQ (Annexure A) is based upon the Crown Commercial Service standard template, and will be marked by an assessment panel using the process detailed in the SQIS.

A maximum of 5 Suppliers will be selected to proceed to the Tender stage, and will be issued the full and final Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

The Tender stage of procurement will be a competitive procedure with prior call for competition, to be conducted with the top 5 scoring Suppliers selected by the assessment panel and based upon the Suppliers SSQ response.

The suppliers selected to tender will each be issued with the full and final Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

All completed Tenders must be submitted by the Tender Return Date stipulated in the procurement documents.

Once received and validated, compliant tenders will be evaluated in order to ascertain a Preferred Contractor.

The ITT will be evaluated on the basis of a 40% Quality and 60% Price weighting.

The Preferred Contractor, once appointed, shall be responsible for the Procurement, Delivery to Site, Off-Loading, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (including all testing) relating to his delivery of the Works.